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Oklahoma & Okahoma State football: Nation's top-ranked receiver Laquon Treadwell has Sooners, Cowboys in his final three

RECRUITING -- OU, Oklahoma State and Ole Miss appear to be Laquon Treadwell's finalists coming off the top-rated high school receiver's visit to Oklahoma last weekend. Treadwell plans a visit to Oklahoma State on Jan. 11.

The five-star receiver from Crete, Ill., likes the state so much, in fact, that OU and Oklahoma State make up two-thirds of his freshly trimmed college list.

After Treadwell (6-foot-3, 198 pounds) visited Ole Miss in early December, he declared it the team to beat.

But judging from Treadwell's recent tweets and public statements, Oklahoma might have closed the gap when it hosted him for the first time last weekend. He'd planned to visit for the Oct. 27 game against Notre Dame, but canceled because his high school team had a game.

Last weekend, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and co-offensive coordinators Josh Heupel and Jay Norvell told Treadwell that — even with the Sooners' impressive wide receiver depth — he might be able to immediately contribute. Senior Justin Brown will be gone, and junior Kenny Stills — OU's leading receiver — could choose to enter the NFL Draft.

“They basically explained to me they have some good receivers on the depth chart with the guys coming from last year, but with Kenny probably leaving early and Justin Brown being a senior this year, I could come in and compete for a spot as a true freshman,” Treadwell told Rivals.com. “That really caught my interest.”

The Sooners currently have two 2013 receivers committed; three-star prospect Austin Bennett, from Manvel, Texas, committed in June, and Jenks standout Jordan Smallwood, fresh off a two-touchdown performance in the Trojans' 6A state-title game win, is also Norman-bound.

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by Jason Kersey

OU Sports Reporter

Jason Kersey became The Oklahoman's OU football beat writer in May 2012 after a year covering high school sports and OSU recruiting. Before joining the newspaper in November 2006 as a part-time results clerk, he covered high school football for...